Abstract
DOI: 10.15414/afz.2015.18.01.10–14 Received 18. November 2014 ǀ Accepted 16. March 2015 ǀ Available online 31. March 2015 The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of two different preparations against rabbit’s coccidiosis - naturally based preparation Emanox and conventional preparation Sulfacox - on selected production indicators. Preparations against coccidiosis were administered in the form of a beverage from weaning (42 days old) until the 60 days old. In the period of 84 days of rabbit’s age average body weight in the Emanox group reached 2673.40 g, while in the Sulfacox group live weight was 2704.73 g. In the Emanox group 4 cases of death was recorded during the fattening, which has occurred within 51 to 66 days of age. In the Sulfacox group only two cases of death were registered at age 53 and 57 days, both caused by rabbit’s constipation. Total feed consumption over the fattening period in the Emanox group was 121.99 kg and the average consumption of the complete feed mixture per 1 kg of body weight gain was 3.52 kg. In the Sulfacox group the total consumption of 122.56 kg of feed during fattening period was recorded and average consumption of complete feed mixture per 1 kg of body weight gain was 3.21 kg. Preparation Emanox PMX is a suitable alternative to conventional chemical preparations. Keywords: Emanox PMX, rabbit’s coccidiosis, coccidiostats, rabbits fattening
Highlights
Large-scale farming practices in animal husbandry with high concentrations of kept individuals often require the use of medication in nutrition, which reduces the safety of food production, and invalidates the opinion of the consumer on the quality of commodities produced
The results of monitoring Emanox PMX preparation indicate that this product is comparable to chemical ones for the prevention of intestinal diseases in rabbits
Performance parameters did not shown statistically significant differences of the indicators closely related with utilitarian performance and efficiency of broiler rabbits keeping among monitored two groups
Summary
Large-scale farming practices in animal husbandry with high concentrations of kept individuals often require the use of medication in nutrition, which reduces the safety of food production, and invalidates the opinion of the consumer on the quality of commodities produced. In the past, feed antibiotics were widely used, which eliminated the negative effect of high concentrations of farm animals, by influencing production and animal health. Digestive disorders cause high morbidity of rabbits, which is associated with growth depression, impaired feed conversion, and often results in an economic loss greater than mortality itself (Licois, 2004). In addition to other pathogens, parasites with broad generic representation occurs quite oftenly ‒ coccidia. The addition of chemical coccidiostats in compound feed mixtures has a variety of drawbacks: loss of appetite accompanied by growth depression, the possibility of residues in meat and undesirable resistance of coccidia (Mach et al, 2012). Pakandl (2013) argues that the pathogenicity of these species is different and probably depends on the type and location of the coccidia
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